Ajmal to represent Adelaide Strikers in BBL

Ajmal to represent Adelaide Strikers in BBL

Pakistan's world No. 1 Twenty20 offspinner SaeedAjmal will represent Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League this season.

Ajmal will play in the Strikers' first game against PerthScorchers on Dec. 9 and then may return in January 2013 after playing one-dayand Twenty20 series against archrival India.

Ajmal is the third Pakistani to sign up for BBL this yearafter Shahid Afridi at Sydney Thunder and Umar Akmal for Sydney Sixers.

Ajmal says he's "really happy that I will get thechance to show my talent in BBL."

Strikers coach Darren Berry says he hopes to useAjmal's spin as an attacking weapon on the turning Adelaide Oval pitch.

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